Why is Krishna black
October 30 , 2007
Hare Krishna
Actually Krishna manifests in a rainbow of various colors when He appears in the material world in His various incarnations. Why His original form of Syamasundara in His spiritual abode, Goloka Vrindaban, is blackish like the rain cloud is ultimately because of His independent free will. Just as we have free will, being infinitesimal parts of His spiritual nature, He has free will to manifest His divine spiritual form as He desires. His blackish hue gives unlimited spiritual bliss to His eternal consorts in that transcendental realm, which therefore increases His pleasure. Therefore there is constant competition between the Lord and His devotees in loving exchange. So attractive is His transcendental form that it is recommended that one who still has some desire to enjoy this material world not see Krishna standing by the bank of the Yamuna for they will be drawn to constantly drink the nectar of His beauty and abandon all material desire.
Sincerely,
Dulal Chandra dasa
Actually Krishna manifests in a rainbow of various colors when He appears in the material world in His various incarnations. Why His original form of Syamasundara in His spiritual abode, Goloka Vrindaban, is blackish like the rain cloud is ultimately because of His independent free will. Just as we have free will, being infinitesimal parts of His spiritual nature, He has free will to manifest His divine spiritual form as He desires. His blackish hue gives unlimited spiritual bliss to His eternal consorts in that transcendental realm, which therefore increases His pleasure. Therefore there is constant competition between the Lord and His devotees in loving exchange. So attractive is His transcendental form that it is recommended that one who still has some desire to enjoy this material world not see Krishna standing by the bank of the Yamuna for they will be drawn to constantly drink the nectar of His beauty and abandon all material desire.
Sincerely,
Dulal Chandra dasa